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Published
November 15, 2015

Business community fears the housing shortage could keep workers, businesses away

Proximity to downtown offices is in high demand, but that’s where the market is tightest, leading the city to focus on increasing the rental stock.
Published
November 15, 2015

Three apartment searches,
similar results: Ending up where they didn’t plan to live

Story by Leslie Bridgers/ Staff Writer Photos by Gabe Souza/ Staff Photographer Samuel Joyall and Lexi Snetsinger met online and were originally looking to buy a house together in Portland but instead are focusing their search in the Augusta area. A ll Lexi Snetsinger wants is to live with her fiance and her rat terrier, […]
Published
November 15, 2015

No Vacancy: Meet the renters, landlords and developers

TAHNEE PLUMMER, 26, is originally from Pennsylvania and moved to Portland with her boyfriend several months ago. She works in construction and gets paid $15 an hour, and her boyfriend also works full time, she said. The couple has enough cash to pay first and last months rent for an apartment, she said, but they […]
Published
November 15, 2015

Tips for renters and landlords

• Renters should try to talk to another tenant about the building and the landlord before signing a contract. • A renter has the right to see the past 12 months of electric or heating bills. • Maine law gives tenants an “implied warranty of habitability,” which means the landlord promises the home is safe […]
Published
November 15, 2015

Desperate renters look outside Portland; nearby communities feel ripple effects

South Portland is a prime alternative, and Biddeford and Westbrook also draw interest, pushing up rents and filling new units as fast as they’re built.

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